Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perezia calophylla (Phil.) Reiche trib. Mutisieae |
Synonyms | Homoianthus calophyllus Phil. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2000m |
Description | leaves in outline oblong-linear, shortly petiolate, pectinate-pinnatisect, segments triangular-lanceolate, mucronate-dentate, capitula 2-3, pedunculate, terminal |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | blue, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Argentina South , Chile South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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